Srinagar, May 19 -- A heatwave swept through Kashmir Valley with Srinagar recording its hottest day this season at 32.2 degrees Celsius, according to data from the India Meteorological department's (IMD) Srinagar centre. IMD said Srinagar's temperature was 6.8 degrees Celsius above normal. "Hot and dry weather conditions are persisting in Jammu division. The Valley recorded the season's hottest day," said IMD's Srinagar centre director Mukhtar Ahmad. The heatwave like conditions started on Saturday, when Srinagar recorded 31.5 degrees Celsius. Qazigund, the gateway into the Valley, was the hottest in Kashmir, with the mercury touching a high of 33 degrees Celsius, some 8.6 degrees above normal. In Jammu, a maximum temperature was recorded at 40 degrees Celsius. Banihal and Batote saw a high of 30 degrees Celsius. IMD said there will be some relief from the prevailing heatwave-like conditions from tonight. "There will be light rains from the evening and on Monday as well, which will bring the mercury down till May 20," IMD director Ahmad said. HTC...